The New York City-based crime drama will be executive produced by Peter Moffat, who created the BBC series. Gandolfini will also executive produce alongside Jane Tranter, Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders.

The series is to be produced by HBO in partnership with BBC Worldwide Productions.

The former Sopranos star will lead a cast including Four Lions actor Riz Ahmed, Lawless's Bill Camp, Payman Maadi and Poorna Jagannathan.

It will mark Gandolfini's first project with HBO since The Sopranos ended six years ago.